Lac Bilodeau Fishing near Laurentides, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Bilodeau is a Mauricie water, Quebec side. Height above sea level is 391 metres. At about 25 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 3.0 km, and most of it is walkable. The closest town, Laurentides, is 27 km distant. The big place round here is Sainte-Foy, 97 km distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bilodeau

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Mauricie include northern pike, brook trout, walleye, yellow perch and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Lac Bilodeau where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -16°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Lac Bilodeau runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Lac Auges is 1.4 km off. For Lac Bilodeau, the notice at the access point is the final word.